Re: [PersianComputing] For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 05:55, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > > I just registered. Are you telling me to pay $2.95 to read the > > interview with Michael Everson? > > Did you PAY ANYTHING?!!! Of course New York Times has free registration! > I didn't pay a single dollar when I read that. I couldn't, anyaway. Free registration, but you should pay to read and *old* article. Gee. > > Couldn't you attach a one line note: "Interview with Michael Everson"? > > Not everyone knows Michael Everson by name on these lists. I wonder why they published the article, as almost noone knows Michael Everson in their audience :>. > roozbeh behdad ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: [PersianComputing] For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 05:55, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > I just registered. Are you telling me to pay $2.95 to read the > interview with Michael Everson? Did you PAY ANYTHING?!!! Of course New York Times has free registration! I didn't pay a single dollar when I read that. I couldn't, anyaway. > Couldn't you attach a one line note: "Interview with Michael Everson"? Not everyone knows Michael Everson by name on these lists. roozbeh ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: [PersianComputing] For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's
For those who have become interested: Here is the article itself: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg12741.html And the first paragraph: MICHAEL EVERSON, a 40-year-old typographer who lives in Dublin, considers himself blessed because he has found his life's work: to be an alphabetician to all the peoples of the world. Mr. Everson's largest project to date - a contribution to a new version of Unicode 4.0, an international standard for computerizing text - is cementing his reputation. behdad On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, it was written: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 03:13, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > > > Would you please explain what the link is *supposed* to be?? > > > > That is explained in the subject line. > > See below. > > > > Only thing I can get is a REGISTER FOR FREE page. > > > > You need to register with New York Times to read it. It's worth it. > > I just registered. Are you telling me to pay $2.95 to read the > interview with Michael Everson? Couldn't you attach a one line > note: "Interview with Michael Everson"? You consider yourself a > pro. Don't you expect yourself such an explanation (something > more than the name of the article) from anyone posting links to > mailing lists? > > > > A paragraph > > > explaining the link is not so bad when posting to the ml. > > > > See the subject line. > > See above. > > > roozbeh > > behdad > ___ > PersianComputing mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing > > ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: [PersianComputing] For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 03:13, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > > Would you please explain what the link is *supposed* to be?? > > That is explained in the subject line. See below. > > Only thing I can get is a REGISTER FOR FREE page. > > You need to register with New York Times to read it. It's worth it. I just registered. Are you telling me to pay $2.95 to read the interview with Michael Everson? Couldn't you attach a one line note: "Interview with Michael Everson"? You consider yourself a pro. Don't you expect yourself such an explanation (something more than the name of the article) from anyone posting links to mailing lists? > > A paragraph > > explaining the link is not so bad when posting to the ml. > > See the subject line. See above. > roozbeh behdad ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
[PersianComputing] For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's
An Article by New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/technology/circuits/25code.html roozbeh ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
